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| 1895 | 2 |
2 stories matching acti
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- A Pastor, a Faction, and a 'Jim Crow Preacher': The Fight at Jones Street Church
Removed from Seattle's Jones Street African M. E. church over money, Rev. Allen W. Whaley fires back — and two trustees back him, calling the charges a faction's work.
- The Pastor, the Pawnshop, and the Forged Minutes
Seattle's Jones Street A.M.E. church removed Rev. Allen Whaley after trustees found missing collection money, a suspicious bank receipt, and minutes he wrote himself.